Patriots, Texans and Arian Foster Grab NFL Week One Awards

The opening weekend of the NFL is always a fun one. I had to explain to my daughters that Sunday was like Christmas for Daddy. Unfortunately the Rams could not deliver a gift-wrapped win for me. But on the plus side, I am perfect on my NFL week one predictions going into the Monday night games.

I watched all of the Vikings-Saints game and the Colts-Texans game. I watched parts of many others. Here are the Average Guy’s NFL Week One Awards (before the Monday night games):

Best Debut Performance

Offensive Rookie

Defensive Rookie

Sean Weatherspoon, Atlanta Falcons – 8 tackles

Best Coaching Debut

Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks

Observations

I thought the Vikings defense played well enough to win. They slowed down the high-powered Saints offense. The Vikings just could not generate scoring drives. Their passing game looked rusty, or more like they just hadn’t worked together – that’s probably because they haven’t. I thought they should have used Adrian Peterson more in the second half.

Wes Welker looked completely healthy and ready to go for the Patriots.

The pass rush of the Texans was relentless all day against the Colts. Mario Williams was constantly in Peyton Manning’s face. What looked like a season ending injury for Connor Barwin will hurt them though.

The way the Texans ran the ball in the second half was also very impressive. Arian Foster will get the pub, and he deserves it, but the offensive line did a great job opening up holes.

I absolutely cannot believe the Seahawks beat the 49ers the way they did.

If the Steelers wanted to win two games during Ben Roethlisberger’s early season absence they needed to beat the Falcons – they did, impressively.

The Eagles got a lot of pressure on Aaron Rodgers. I couldn’t quite figure out if it was because their pass rush is really good or if the Packers offensive line was regressing.

I really liked the Eagles throwback uniforms.

One BIG Question

Is there any way that the Eagles can start Kevin Kolb over Michael Vick next week?

What are your thoughts on the first weekend of the 2010 NFL season? Let me know in the comments section below.